{"id":79,"date":"2026-05-11T08:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:33:36","slug":"knicks-bury-76ers-in-game-4-behind-3-point-barrage-to-complete-sweep-return-to-east-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Knicks bury 76ers in Game 4 behind 3-point barrage to complete sweep, return to East finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and the Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, setting an NBA postseason record with 11 3-pointers in the first quarter in front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team and rolling past the 76ers, 144-114, on Sunday to sweep the second-round series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=77\">Brandt Snedeker wins Myrtle Beach Classic for first PGA Tour title in nearly eight years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Deuce McBride hit seven of New York\u2019s NBA postseason record-tying 25 3-pointers and scored 25 points. Brunson had 22 points, and Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 17 in the Knicks\u2019 latest lopsided playoff victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Knicks advanced to the East finals for the second straight season and will play the winner of the Cleveland-Detroit series. The Pistons lead the series, 2-1.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>25 3PM IN GAME 4. KNICKS ARE MOVING ON. <\/p>\n<p>McBride: 7 3PM<br \/>Brunson: 6 3PM<br \/>Hart: 4 3PM<br \/>Shamet: 4 3PM<br \/>Towns: 2 3PM<br \/>Alvarado: 1 3PM<br \/>Dadiet: 1 3PM<\/p>\n<p>NYK\u2019 25 3PM ties the record most in any postseason game in NBA history \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>MIL: 25 3PM on April 19, 2023<br \/>CLE: 25 3PM on May 4, 2016 pic.twitter.com\/2BoetvBqzC<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) May 10, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Knicks last season reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years before losing to Indiana. The Knicks then fired coach Tom Thibodeau, and replaced him with Mike Brown, who has guided them to seven straight playoff wins, starting with the last three games against Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Knicks fans made a habit of scooping up tickets by the thousands at the Sixers\u2019 arena for playoffs games over the years. Sunday, they may have made the loudest statement yet. Knicks fans raised brooms outside the arena and waved \u201cAlways Knicks\u201d towels once inside, all while noisily neutering what few Sixers fans that didn\u2019t make a few extra bucks on the secondary market and stuck around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 76ers\u2019 franchise failed to stop Knicks fans in their effort to buy tickets. And the team had greater failures in trying to stop the Knicks on the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Game 4 was a laugher from the tip, with the Knicks using the 3-point arc as a starting point for their personal pop-a-shot game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With Knicks fans on their feet and exclaiming \u201cDeuuuce,\u201d McBride hit four 3-pointers in succession for the fast 20-6 lead, and the Sixers were already on their heels. McBride became the first Knick (since play-by-play tracking began in 1997) to hit four 3s in the first quarter of a playoff game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=75\">Jeeno Thitikul outlasts Ruoning Yin to win Mizuho Americas Open for second title this year<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Miles McBride is ON FIRE \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s 3-for-3 from DEEP in Q1!<\/p>\n<p>Knicks up 14 in Game 4 \ud83c\udf7f pic.twitter.com\/lecofuZzHI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) May 10, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>New York\u2019s 3-point records were just heating up. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brunson added two in the first quarter (six total) to help make the Knicks 11 of 13, which tied the NBA mark for most makes in a quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Knicks totaled 18 3s in the first half to score 54 points off the long ball, compared to 57 total for the 76ers. Overall, that was an 81-57 lead and helped power the Knicks toward their first best-of-seven series sweep since the 1999 East semis against Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Knicks scored 80-plus points in the first half twice in five road playoff games this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The second half was a mere formality, and the Sixers are headed home after a gutsy 3-1 series comeback to beat Boston in the first round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Joel Embiid ended another injury-riddled season with 24 points, Tyrese Maxey had 17, and the Sixers still have not advanced out of the second round since 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If the sweep and the Knicks\u2019 fan takeover didn\u2019t saddle the Sixers with enough bad news, there was one final cutting blow to the ego \u2014 Philadelphia\u2019s two first-round 2018 draft picks are still playing: Mikal Bridges and Landry Shamet, of course, for the Knicks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=73\">Norway\u2019s Kristoffer Reitan earns two-shot win at Truist Championship for first PGA Tour victory<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York set an NBA postseason record with 11 threes in the first quarter, and finished with a record-tying 25 for the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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